Station ludicatoe



(Model)- G. M. LANE. STATION INDICATOR.

Patented 'Nov. 20, 1883 a Z642. x 5

N. PETERS, PhMo-Ulhognpher. Wuhlngtum D. C.

I UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICLEO eEoneE M. LANE, E ASBURY. PARK, NEWJEnsEY,

. STATION-INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,644, dated November20, 1883. Applicntionfilcd December 23,1882. (Moan) zen of the UnitedStates, residing at Asbury feed-rollers.

Park, in the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Station -Indicators; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same,

referencebeinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the lettersandfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention has relation toiniprovements in station-indicators, andit consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and specificallypointed out in the claims.

I11 the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section, and Fig.2 is a vertical crosssection, of a carhc ving my improved indicator andFigs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 are detail views on an enlarged scale, as will bedescribed.

The top of a car is usuallyset back somewhat, as shown inFig. 1, andwhen the indicator is to be applied to cars of this description, I usethe guide-pulleys a a, arranged substantially as shown. I I

I) b are the side boards, which support the rollers which carry thestation-list and the b are slots in the ends of these boards, whichslots are open at the end, as shown.

b b are rollers having their ends provided with gudgeons, which arerested in the inner ends of the slots b and are securely held therein bythe bearing-bars c, which are pivoted 011 one side of the slot 1) andextended to the opposite side of the slot, and have their free endsconnected by the coil-spring c, as shown, so thatthe bars 0 will holdthe rollers b and b" in place in the slots and yet provide a yieldingbearing, so as to allow the adjustment of the rollers up or down as thepaper station-list is wound off the one onto the other, and also toprovide a construction whereby the rollers b I) may be readily removedwhen it is desired to change the stat-ionlist.

cl d are the feed-rollers journaled in the boards I) 12 between therollers b b. These rollers are covered with rubber or some othersuitable yielding material, and are arranged to bear against eachotherand against the rollers b b", the feed-rollerd bearing against theformer or the paper wound thereon, and the roller (1 bearing againstthelatter, as shown in Fig. 3, and dotted lines, Fig. 6.

e isthe station-list having the names. of the stations printed thereon,and having the names of stations printed on alternate spaces wlth thenames of one station, and the one next following connected bythe wordto, as shown in Fig. 3for instance, Asbury Park is the next station toElberon. So in between these stations I print Asbury Park to Elberon andit is read from the end to which the arrow points. Thus in Fig. 3 itwill be understood it should be read from Asbury Park to Elberon but ifthe arrow were reversed and pointed to Elberon, the printing should beread Elberon to Asbury Park, indicating which station has just beenpassed and which is next to come. This sheet has one end secured to and.end carried up in front of rollers d d, and

wound around roller U in the opposite direc tion from which it is woundaround roller b*, so that the station-list will be wound up from rollerb* onto roller b or vice versa, according as the rollers (l or d areturned by the suitable mechanism, as will be hereinafter de scribed.

The gudgeon of roller (1 is extended through board I), and has thegear-wheel f placed thereon and connected with the gudgeou by means ofratchet-wheel f and pawl f as shown, forming a ratchet-clutch, so thatthe roller d will be revolved as the rack-bar meshed with wheel f ispulled down, but will not be affected by the upward movement of the saidrack-bar. The gudgeon of roller (1. is made longer than roller (1, andis extended farther out, so that when the gear-wheel and clutchmechanism is secured on its end it will not interfere with that onroller (1. This roller is also provided with gear-wheel g, ratchet g,and pawl g, as is roller (1.

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h h are rack-bars constructed alike, and one arranged to mesh with wheelf and the other with wheel 9, as shown. These rackbars are provided, attheir opposite ends, with eyes it, to which cords or wires are attached,as shown. The rack portion of these bars is set in slightly from thesides, so as to provide the plain face of the sides of the bar for theflanges Z of the guide-way 'Zin which the rackbars slide, as shown.

j j are wires or cords secured to the upper ends of bars h h, andcarried up over pulleys j 1' and connected with coil-springs j" 7' asshown, whereby the rackbars h h arebrought back to place after they aredrawn down, as will be described.

70 is a gong having its hammer-arm 70 connected by cords k '70 to thecords j j, so that as either of these cords is pulled down and releasedby the rack-bar h h, the bell l1a1n1ner arm is drawn back and released,ringing the bell with each depression of either of the rackbars, callingthe attention of the passengers to each change in the indicator.

Z, is abar mounted on the side board, I) b, and extended acrossinfrontof the stationlist'e.

Z is an arrow or pointersecured on ashank, Z passed through bar Z, andprovided with pulley Z arranged on the under side of bar Z, as shown inFig. 6.

Z" is a cord passed around the pulley Z", and having its opposite endssecured to the rackbars h h, as shown, so that as these bars aredepressed the arrow is drawn to indicate which way the intermediatestations are to be read; This arrow only changes its position as thedirection in which the train moves is reversed. Thus as is shown in Fig.3 it is indicated as having been drawn around by rackbar 7p, andpointing to Asbury Park,indicating that the train is passing from AsburyPark to Elberon, and each subsequent depression of bar h will not affectthe position of the arrow; but should the direction of the train bereversed and the bar It depressed, it will turn the arrow, and it willpoint toward Elberon, indicating that the train is passing from Elberonto Asbury Park.

m m are wires or cords, secured relatively to the lower ends of the barsh h and extended down through holes in the bottom of the car, as shownin Figs. 1 and 2.

n a are L-shaped levers pivoted on brackets n extended from bottom ofthe car and having one arm connected with the wires or cords m m and theother hanging down in position to engage the trip 0, as shown. Theselevers hang in opposite direction, as shown, so that when the car isgoing in the direction indicated by the arrow the lever Z will be raisedby the trip, but it will not affect the cord or from one tothe one nextbelow; and it will be observed that in going in the opposite directionan operation the reverse of this will be had.

The arrangement of levers shown and before described is frequentlyinconvenient, owing to the trucks of some cars being arranged near theend of the car, and I prefer to use the arrangcment shown in Fig. 5,where the leveris arranged some distance from the hole through which thecord or wire passes, and the latter is carried under pulley p and overpulley p, and then connected to the lever, as shown.

a represents the frame, whichis piovided with opening a through whichthe matter on i the station-list may be seen and placed over bury Parkstation and going toward Elberon:

On leaving the station the trip will engage lever a, draw the bar hdown, turning the rollers, &o., so as to bring Asbury Park to Elberon inview through opening a, and the arrow in dicating which way theintermediate stations are to be read. \Vhen nearing Elberon, the tripwill engage lever it again, bringing EL beron to view.

The arrow or pointer Z only turns at the end of route, or when thedirection of motion is elsewhere reversed.

Having; thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The combination of the removable station-list rollers, thefeed-rollers journaled in stationary bearings between and bearingagainst the said station-list rollers, and provided with pinions f g andclutches f g, and the movable racks h h, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

2. The combination, with the station-list, the feed-rollers (Z (Z,provided with pinions f g and clutches f g, and the racks h h, engagingsaid pinions and operating the feed-rollers, of the indicator Z,provided with pulley Z and a cord passed around the pulley Z, and havingits opposite ends secured the one to rack h and the other to rack h,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination of rollers bib, stationlist 6, wound around therollers b b in opposite directions, the feed-rollers (Z d, covered witha suitable yielding material, and means for revolving the saidfeed-rollers, as set forth.

4. In a station-indicator, the combination of the rollers ZN), supportedin yielding bearings, the station-list having its opposite ends securedto the said rollers and wound thereon in opposite directions, thefeed-rollers journaled in fixed bearings, and bearing the one againstroller 1) and the other against roller 1), and means for revolving therollers (Z at,

substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. The combination, substantially as described and shown, of the rollersb b, supported in yielding bearings, the feed-rollers, arranged betweenthe rollers b b, and provided with gear-wheels and clutch mechanism, therack-bars h 71/, having their upper ends connected with springs, arrowor pointer l, pulley l, and cord F, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination of the station-list rollers, the feed-rollersprovided with gearwheels and clutch mechanism, the rack-bars, the cordsm m, having one end secured to the rack-bars and their lower endsextended through the bottom of the car, and the pivoted levers n 01/,made L shape, and having one arm connected to the lower ends of thecords 'm m, and their other arms arranged in position to engage a tripsecured on the track, as set forth.

7. In a station-indicator, the combination of the indicating mechanism,the cords m m,

connecting the same with the operating-levers, the operatinglevers madeI'-shaped and piv oted on the under side of the car, on opposite sidesof theconneeting-cord passage, and'a series of trips secured on thetrack, the said operating-levers being arranged in opposite directions,as described, whereby only one thereof is operatively engaged by thetrips with each direction of motion of the car, substantially as setforth.

8. In a station-indicator, the combination, with the indicatingmechanism, and the lshaped. operating-lever pivoted on the, under sideof the car, out of line with the indicating mechanism, of theguide-pulleysp p, j ournaled in suitable supports on the under side ofthe car between the operating-lever and the connecting-cord opening, thepulley 19 being arranged close to the cord-opening, and the pulley 1)near the upper end of the operatinglever, and the connecting-cord havingone end made fast to the indicating mechanism, and its opposite endpassed down through an opening in the end of the car, thence under thepulley 1), over the pulley p, and made fast to the operating-lever,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE M. LANE.

W'itnesses G. S. DYE, MILAN Ross.

